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It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop
    than in a mansion with a quarrelsome woman.[a](A)

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  1. 21:9 In Proverbs, two great obstacles to a happy household are foolish children and quarrelsome spouses. The nagging wife is also mentioned in 19:13 and 27:15; 25:24 is a duplicate.

Better to live on a corner of the roof
    than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.(A)

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Better to dwell in a corner of a housetop,
Than in a house shared with (A)a contentious woman.

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It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

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